City of San Jose / Police / Police Officer
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
818 employees hold this title in Police. Median total compensation for the role is $286,889, above the department median of $204,814.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 818 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 2,590 people — is $136,140. Police pays a median base salary of $162,392 for this role, 19% above that figure — about the 72nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers across every employer in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Police’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 670,520 people — is $76,210. Police’s median base salary is 113% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 800 of 818 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Police is $286,889, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In City of San Jose, the median of $286,889 ranks #1 of 31. See Police Officer across all of City of San Jose →
Median total compensation for comparable Police Officerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Carl Purnell is a Police Officer at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $423,196.
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Patrick Taylor holds the role of Police Officer at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $422,870.
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Andre Burke is a Police Officer at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $421,116.
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Mark Palfalvi holds the role of Police Officer at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $420,944.
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Eric Lopez works as a Police Officer for Police. Eric earned $420,859 in 2025.
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Marco Mercado works as a Police Officer for Police. Marco earned $419,472 in 2025.
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At Police, Manuel Ochoa serves as a Police Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $418,851.
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Avtaar Mahe is a Police Officer at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $418,299.
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Brian Mcmahon works as a Police Officer for Police. Brian earned $417,071 in 2025.
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William Eitel holds the role of Police Officer at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $416,510.
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Christopher Orozco-Esquivel works as a Police Officer for Police. Christopher earned $415,354 in 2025.
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Joshua Schwitters works as a Police Officer for Police. Joshua earned $415,040 in 2025.
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Todd Davidson is a Police Officer at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $414,912.
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Gilberto Tapia works as a Police Officer for Police. Gilberto earned $413,604 in 2025.
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At Police, John Cardenas serves as a Police Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $411,614.
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Timothy Harden is a Police Officer at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $411,614.
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Steven Lu holds the role of Police Officer at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $410,780.
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Lukasz Maziarz holds the role of Police Officer at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $410,678.
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Joey Nguyen is a Police Officer at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $410,280.
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Eric Mosunic works as a Police Officer for Police. Eric earned $409,395 in 2025.
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At Police, Richard Vieira serves as a Police Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $409,391.
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Rafael Cortez works as a Police Officer for Police. Rafael earned $409,045 in 2025.
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Robert Biebel works as a Police Officer for Police. Robert earned $408,974 in 2025.
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John Moutzouridis holds the role of Police Officer at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $408,472.
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Michael Fiedziuk holds the role of Police Officer at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $407,395.
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Ian Carabarin works as a Police Officer for Police. Ian earned $406,460 in 2025.
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Pranil Singh holds the role of Police Officer at Police. In 2025, their total compensation was $406,179.
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Robert Rivera is a Police Officer at Police. 2025 total compensation came to $405,797.